events

events

User Experience Week 2008

UX Week is the premier user experience conference, and in 2008 we consider what it takes to create great products and services in an uncertain world. This event delivers for user experience professionals at all levels -- directors, managers, and practitioners.

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Date: 12 August 2008
Location: The Palace Hotel, US

ONA 2008 Conference and Awards

The 2008 Online News Association Conference is the premier conference for those who work in, or have an interest in, online media and news. The Online Journalism Awards have become the top awards in online journalism.

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Date: 11 October 2008
Location: Capital Hilton, US

Chinwag Live: Search vs Recommendation

Competitive or collaborative - are search and recommendation chalk and cheese or will they seamlessly blend? Debate the issues with MediaVest, Base One, Trusted Places, Reevoo and The Filter...

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Date: 2 September 2008
Location: The Slug & Lettuce (Downstairs), UK

New Statesman digital award winners

For the last ten years The New Statesman’s New Media Awards have been recognising innovation and the positive moves that peer-to-peer digital technologies are having on modern life. This year the awards have attracted more entries than ever before, from a whole range of ethical and enviromental sectors, and the winners have been announced..

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Brief 2008

Brief2008 is an semi-serious ad-industry social event where teams answer and present back a brief (that will be given to you on the night) in 2 hours, probably under the influence of alcohol...

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Date: 17 July 2008
Location: The Design Council, UK

Mobile Monday: The Viability and Montetization Potential of Social Networks

MobileMonday New York invites you to join them for an expert-panel discussion around the initial findings of Stratemerge’s study on social networks and debate the findings’ potential market implications.

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Date: 28 July 2008
Location: Samsung Experience Centre, US

The UK Catalyst Awards: Community Awards for Social Technology

Can you or someone you know show how technology is already enabling people around them to connect with each other in new ways and do good things? Twenty five worthy projects have been shortlisted in the Catalyst Awards and the winners will be announced on July 24th at a London Ceremony. 

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Date: 24 July 2008
Location: UK

Harnessing user-led innovation

To investigate this phenomenon, NESTA commissioned a major new piece of research - The New Inventors: How users are changing the rules of innovation.  Join them to hear about the findings and to discuss the implications for policy and practice.

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Date: 16 July 2008
Location: NESTA, UK

Open Alchemy Launch Event

Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Science and Innovation will make a key note address as Oracle, Innovaro and NESTA formally launch the Open Alchemy programme. It will be a fresh approach to developing new products with suppliers, opening up the process using the principles of corporate open innovation.

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Date: 14 July 2008
Location: NESTA, UK

New Media Playground

This is a meetup group for people who are involved within New Media. If you work or are interested in working within this arena come and socialise with Creative Communication Consultants.  

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Date: 17 July 2008
Location: Shish Restaurant and Bar, UK

Media futures or media nostalgia?


And so it was off to the Media Futures Conference at Alexandra Palace on 20th June to debate future media trends. Along with the presentations, academics, broadcasters and researchers came together to second guess what the next big thing in media will be.

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Wanna go to the Web 2.0 Expo in New York or SXSW Interactive?

It’s official and finally I can talk about it! Chinwag has teamed up with the UKTI to take UK digital SMEs on trade missions to New York and Austin, Texas coinciding with two of the world’s most celebrated web events – the Web 2.0 Expo and SXSW Interactive.

The NYC mission coinciding with the Web 2.0 Expo runs 14-19 September 2008.

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Chinwag takes UK digital SMEs on trade tours to New York and Texas!

PRESS RELEASE: London, UK, Wednesday 9 July 2008. Digital SMEs are set for a business boost in the shape of a chance to visit the renowned Web 2.0 Expo in New York in September 2008 and the vibrant SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas in March 2009, thanks to a trade mission organised by Chinwag for UKTI (UK Trade & Investment).

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